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Duke women's basketball loses Emilee Skinner, Jadyn Donovan for rest of season
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Duke women's basketball and head coach Kara Lawson will be without freshman Emilee Skinner and junior Jadyn Donovan for the remainder of the 2025-26 season, per a university release on Monday, Feb. 9.
The two will be out for the remainder of the season due to "lower body injuries."
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Skinner, a guard out of Providence, Utah, played in three games this season, averaging 4.3 points and 4.7 rebounds across those contests. She came to Duke as the No. 4 prospect in the ESPNW 2025 class.
Donovan, a guard/forward out of Upper Marlboro, Maryland, has not appeared for Duke since Dec. 18 vs. South Dakota State . She was a 2025 ACC All-Defensive Team member and started nearly every game across her first two seasons with the Blue Devils. This season, Donovan was averaging 1.6 points, 3.8 rebounds and 1.6 assists per game.
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The Blue Devils (18-6, 13-0) are riding a 15-game winning streak, most recently coming off a 95-36 rout over SMU on Sunday, Feb. 8. Duke defeated Louisville on Feb. 5 to become the last remaining undefeated team in the ACC.
Duke is led by Toby Fournier 's 18 points, 7.8 rebounds and 2.2 blocks per game. Taina Marr leads the team with 5.3 assists and 2.3 steals per game.
The Blue Devils have the week off before facing UNC on Sunday, Feb. 15, at Cameron Indoor Stadium.
Anna Snyder covers Duke for The Fayetteville Observer as part of the USA TODAY Network. Reach her at asnyder@usatodayco.com or follow her @annaesnydr on X, formerly known as Twitter.
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